10“If he fathers a son who is violent, a shedder of blood, who does any of these things (Eze 16:38)

11(though he himself did none of these things), who even eats upon the mountains, defiles his neighbor’s wife, (Le 18:20; Eze 18:6)

12oppresses the poor and needy, commits robbery, does not restore the pledge, lifts up his eyes to the idols, commits abomination, (Eze 8:6; Eze 8:17; Eze 18:6; Eze 18:7)

13lends at interest, and takes profit; shall he then live? He shall not live. He has done all these abominations; he shall surely die; his blood shall be upon himself. (Le 20:9; Le 20:11; Eze 3:18; Eze 18:8; Eze 33:4)

14“Now suppose this man fathers a son who sees all the sins that his father has done; he sees, and does not do likewise:

15he does not eat upon the mountains or lift up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, does not defile his neighbor’s wife,

16does not oppress anyone, exacts no pledge, commits no robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with a garment, (Eze 18:7; Eze 18:12)

17withholds his hand from iniquity,3 takes no interest or profit, obeys my rules, and walks in my statutes; he shall not die for his father’s iniquity; he shall surely live. (Eze 18:9)

18As for his father, because he practiced extortion, robbed his brother, and did what is not good among his people, behold, he shall die for his iniquity. (Eze 3:18)

19“Yet you say, ‘Why should not the son suffer for the iniquity of the father?’ When the son has done what is just and right, and has been careful to observe all my statutes, he shall surely live. (Ex 20:5; Eze 18:2; Eze 18:5; Eze 18:9; Eze 18:21; Eze 18:27)

20The soul who sins shall die. The son shall not suffer for the iniquity of the father, nor the father suffer for the iniquity of the son. The righteousness of the righteous shall be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon himself. (2Ki 14:6; Isa 3:10; Eze 18:4; Ro 2:9)

21“But if a wicked person turns away from all his sins that he has committed and keeps all my statutes and does what is just and right, he shall surely live; he shall not die. (Eze 18:5; Eze 18:9; Eze 18:19; Eze 18:27)

22None of the transgressions that he has committed shall be remembered against him; for the righteousness that he has done he shall live. (Eze 33:16)

24But when a righteous person turns away from his righteousness and does injustice and does the same abominations that the wicked person does, shall he live? None of the righteous deeds that he has done shall be remembered; for the treachery of which he is guilty and the sin he has committed, for them he shall die. (Eze 3:20; Eze 14:13; Eze 33:12; Eze 33:18; 2Pe 2:20)

25“Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ Hear now, O house of Israel: Is my way not just? Is it not your ways that are not just? (Eze 33:17; Eze 33:20)

26When a righteous person turns away from his righteousness and does injustice, he shall die for it; for the injustice that he has done he shall die. (Eze 18:24)